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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Issue 4479 by Ashby Williams, establishment of the Rural Workforce Development grant program for the
- on Appropriations HB 4602 by Johnson relating to the establishment grant programs within the Criminal
- HB 4698 by Garcia-Dawes, ruling the establishment of grant program. school district or open enrollment
- H.B. 4810 by Garrow relating to the continuation of the trade agricultural inspect inspection grant program
- program applicants with certain vehicle owners To facilitate the issuance of a grants and other funding
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- So my question is, he said, so the grant, you know, I apply for a grant. I received the check then.
- And then do I turn in my receipts to the grant program to show that I bought the headstone?
- Would that be enough to manage this program?
- So we have a breeding program that we use to have some of our dogs come into our program.
- grant.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bills 1993 and 2771, both sponsored by Reps. Irwin and Boykin, which would extend Servicemembers Civil Relief Act-style protections to Missouri National Guard members when they are called to state emergency duty. The sponsors and supporting witnesses said the bills would help Guard members with issues like eviction, lease termination, debt collection, and civil court proceedings while they are serving, and would align state law with federal protections already available to active-duty service members. Committee members generally expressed support, noting the financial strain on Guard members and their civilian employers, and witnesses from the Missouri National Guard Association and the Guard itself said the bills would provide clarity and stability. No opposition was presented, and the hearing ended without a vote in the transcript.
The committee then heard House Bill 1869, which would create a grant program administered by the Missouri Veterans Commission to help repair and reset damaged veteran grave markers in private and public cemeteries when the damage is caused by natural events. Rep. Roberts explained the bill was prompted by a constituent’s experience with a deteriorated headstone, and members asked about eligibility, whether the money would go to families or cemeteries, and whether vandalism or non-cemetery graves would be covered. The sponsor said the bill was aimed at natural causes and family-member applications, though he was open to suggestions for expansion. The Veterans Commission director supported the concept but warned the agency lacked funding and staffing to take on another program without additional appropriations; members also raised broader concerns about underfunding the commission. No formal action or vote was taken in the transcript.
After the bill hearings, the committee received informational testimony from Retrieving Freedom, a Missouri-based service dog organization, and from Compass Health on firearm suicide prevention. Retrieving Freedom described its training of service dogs for veterans and children with autism, including demonstrations of tasks such as grounding, retrieving items, and helping with mobility, and said it had a waiting list but was expanding its work in Missouri. Compass Health discussed its firearm suicide prevention grant work, emphasizing community-based education and conversations about safe access to lethal means rather than confiscation. These presentations were informational only and did not involve committee action.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- . up and put in place is or vessel turn in program.
- The advantages to RV to program is that it's a voluntary program that's no cost to the owner.
- One recent change that we've made that has just taken effect as our new block grant program, where local
- program.
- But the majority of removals are done through grant the grant process and because those grants are issued
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- And we use the other biomedical research grants to fund the more basic research.
- So for the other biomedical research grants, peer review occurs before we award.
- Underserved areas as a consideration when you're making grants. You recognize?
- We gave them two grants for two different projects.
- Will it be an online program and will, okay, if you can answer it?
Summary:
The committee first received an update from the Department of Health on the Cancer Connect Collaborative, the Cancer Innovation Fund, and the new Cancer Connect Collaborative Research Incubator, created and expanded by recent legislation. The department reported that the Cancer Innovation Fund has awarded $80 million to 95 researchers to date, with $60 million available in the current cycle and 65 projects funded across 28 institutions in 16 cancer areas last year. The new pediatric cancer incubator received $30 million and awarded four Florida children’s hospitals $7.5 million each. Senators asked about outreach to oncologists statewide, peer review and accountability, funding for National Cancer Institute-affiliated institutions, and whether underserved and rural areas are being prioritized; the department said it uses website notices, listservs, collaborative outreach, and eligibility criteria favoring rural and high-cancer-care providers, and that it monitors projects through reports, expenditures, and contract provisions.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 312 on patient-directed medical orders, which would create a voluntary, portable, physician-authorized electronic registry for patients to document end-of-life and serious-illness treatment preferences. Supporters, including nurses, hospice and emergency care advocates, and medical professionals, said the bill would help ensure patient wishes are accessible in emergencies, reduce unwanted interventions, and improve continuity of care. Opponents, including Florida Right to Life, argued the bill could broaden end-of-life decisions too far, raise privacy and coercion concerns, and allow withdrawal of care inappropriately. The sponsor said the measure is intended to support patient autonomy and is not anti-life, and noted she was open to amendments.
After public testimony, the committee voted on SB 312 and reported it favorably. The roll call showed support from Senators Berman and Harrell, with the bill passing on the committee vote. The meeting then adjourned.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- reinvestment grant program may be used for.
- , and effective access for student education, the EASE Grant Program.
- program, and $182.6 million for the SHIP program.
- , including $50 million to a new grant program to create or expand food banks and pantries to serve our
- program.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors.
The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects.
Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- grants for federal grants other federal grants for federal grants and<00:05:21.840><c> state</c><00:05
- </c> support of this program. support of this program.
- funded</c> response grant program which is funded response grant program which is funded by<00:18:36.960
- It's the program who's it's the program?
- </c> the program. That's sure that's fine. the program. That's sure that's fine.
MN
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2024, a geothermal planning grant program was established, but it only fulfilled part of the need
- She then invited testifiers. planning grant program was established planning grant program was established
- program provided a planning grant program provided a solution<00:57:15.559><c> uh</c><00:57:15.680><
- </c><00:57:21.520><c> program</c><00:57:21.960><c> under</c> proposal for this grant program under proposal
- </c><00:57:58.520><c> program</c><00:57:59.240><c> to</c> geothermal planning grant program to geothermal
Keywords:
energy, economic development, funding, renewable resources, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, air ventilation, geothermal, school financing, Minnesota Climate Innovative Finance Authority, geothermal energy, renewable energy, construction funding, Como Zoo, energy efficiency, HF2162, Minnesota, planning grants, renewable development account, clean energy, Department of Commerce
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 22nd, 2026 at 11:06 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They eat these vegetables as part of their lunch program at the school.
- An act relating to land grants, amending the Land Grant Merced Assistance Fund to change the requirement
- and federal grant programs through a unified application. ...to apply for funding from certain state
- and federal grant programs through a unified application, requiring the Public Education Department
- Community-based domestic violence programs. House Bill 130.
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/18/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- HOME is a block grant, and block grants have historically been more vulnerable than some other programs
- cut, including the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program, which has provided assistance
- </c> grant is operating and after the grant grant is operating and after the grant is<01:10:31.239><c
- at the intent to apply that we did with the Local Housing Trust Fund grant program, we had 666 responses
- grant program we had Housing Trust Fund grant program we had 6<01:42:33.360><c> 66</c><01:42:33.920>
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 11th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Slide 12: program support roll up.
- That's like the Be Well program at the state. Program at the state. Moving to page 15.
- Two more lines that I flagged: Line 94 is to match federal funds for grant programs under the Infrastructure
- That's an existing grant program with EDD. I believe they just announced their first. Thank you.
- cycle for those startup grants.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance May 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- the, uh, LSC program review.
- impacts of that program?
- 4H agents that are leading those programs within those school or after school programs.
- Towards the bottom of page 5, also wanted to highlight special grant programs.
- Some of the other things like the use of the capital development funds, you know, special grant programs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee, First Extraordinary Session Jan 27th, 2025
Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Each of these three programs are existing programs. They have base budgets.
- I've written a lot of state grants. Nothing happens fast in a state-grant program.
- There are these three existing programs.
- healthcare workforce programs.
- Building a grant program to help professionalize some of these smaller legal aid organizations, and with
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 9th, 2025 at 03:00 pm
Appropriations - Human Resources Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Next item is adjust-based funding for the highly rural transportation grant program.
- The Veterans Home Cemetery Grant Program was an item that we had discussed where they needed the authority
- grant yet.
- And then the last one would be the emergency clause, so for the transportation grant program.
- Grant, if I may.
Summary:
The committee took up Senate Bill 2025, the Veterans Home/Veterans Affairs budget, and worked through the long sheet line by line. Members discussed base payroll, salary and health insurance increases, FTE pool adjustments, IT rate increases, operating expenses, transportation grants, the PTSD service dog program, salary equity requests, temporary help/intern funding, a Veterans Benefit Specialist FTE, accrued leave, and several one-time or carryover items including the Fisher House, document scanning, and veterans medical transportation. The committee also reviewed proposed policy language that would shift governance authority for the Veterans Home and Department of Veterans Affairs from the Administrative Committee on Veterans Affairs to the governor, and would remove board authority over salary-setting and related hiring powers.
A major portion of the meeting focused on clarifying the commissioner salary equity line and how the agency had shifted operating dollars to fund the commissioner’s current salary increase. After discussion with agency staff and Lonnie, the committee voted to remove the separate commissioner salary equity increase line and instead restore operating funding, ultimately setting the operating line at $50,000 above the prior amount rather than fully funding the executive request. The committee also approved funding for the Veterans Benefit Specialist FTE, approved a carryforward/exemption for accrued leave, approved authority to accept $200,000 in federal transportation grant funds, approved the $500,000 transfers related to veterans homelessness, and approved the exemption language for certain federal/state fiscal recovery funds after discussing whether the funds were properly obligated.
On the governance amendment, members expressed concern about making a major policy change in an appropriations bill, but also frustration over the board’s salary actions. After debate, the committee adopted the amendment transferring governance authority to the governor by a 7-1 vote. The committee also approved a smaller amount for veteran service officer salary equity than requested, and rejected funding for temporary salaries and an intern. The chair then directed staff to prepare the amended bill for further action, with the committee planning to revisit it once the revised version was ready.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Budget Section Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- the program in April, I believe.
- for the primary residence credit program.
- And then federal grants revenue.
- This is the formula grant dollars that's a $25 million federal grant that goes over the course of five
- And then we have the DEQ Restoration Program, the Ag Department Pipeline Program, the Ag Department Realty
Summary:
The Budget Section approved the March 18 minutes and received an OMB update showing the general fund is still ahead of the budgeted starting point, but revenues through May are now about $76 million below the legislative forecast, driven mainly by individual income tax and sales tax shortfalls. OMB also reported the budget stabilization fund is above its cap, meaning a transfer to the general fund is expected, and reviewed oil price/production assumptions, noting continued volatility. Members asked about the income tax netting process, the sales tax decline, oil price discounts/premiums, natural gas taxation, and when the executive branch would present its revenue forecast.
The committee then acted on several Emergency Commission requests. It approved, as a group, requests for federal mine reclamation funds for the Public Service Commission, an additional criminal investigator FTE and funding for the Attorney General’s office, and a DPI transfer for bridge software costs. It separately approved DPI request 2164 for $500,000 to support the food vendor program after debate over whether the program’s savings were known and whether the money was simply a pass-through. OMB also reported on federal grants, fiscal irregularities, tobacco settlement proceeds, budget guidelines for agencies, FTE pool usage, vacancy savings, and the DAPL settlement, noting the settlement funds had been deposited and that a deficiency appropriation may be needed later to cover remaining accrued interest.
Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus presented on the primary residence credit program, saying participation has grown sharply and that the current biennium will likely need about $431 million, roughly $22 million above the appropriation. He explained how the credit interacts with homestead and disabled veteran benefits, how the 3% property tax cap works, and why county valuations and mill rates vary. The committee also received a Legacy Fund/Budget Stabilization Fund report showing strong returns, and DOT Director Ron Henke received approval for two Flex Fund highway projects on ND 49 and ND 31. Henke also explained remaining Highway 85 funding and said the department is exploring uses for leftover state dollars. Finally, the Department of Mineral Resources reported on abandoned well plugging and site restoration, noting North Dakota remains in relatively strong shape compared with other states, and DPI began a presentation on gap funding tied to the 3% levy cap, reporting 24 districts received $1.8 million in the first year and projecting higher future needs.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- ALL THIS MONEY IS DIRECTLY TIED TO FEDERAL GRANTS AND THE PROGRAMS WE AT FDEM MANAGE, THE 28 FEDERAL
- GRANTS WE MANAGE ALL OF THAT 15.3 ALL OF THAT IS TIED TO THAT GRANT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
- THE DIVISIONS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANTS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND FEMA PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL FEDERAL DISASTER
- PROGRAM, HOW THAT FILTERS INTO OUR SWIFT MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, HOW THAT FILTERS INTO OUR SWIFT CURRENTS
- THERE ARE GRANTS, THERE ARE PROGRAMS, THERE ARE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF EQUIPMENT WHETHER IT'S TRAVEL TRAILERS
NM
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- program and the in the state grant program and the Northstar<00:10:08.080><c> promise</c><00:10:08.640
- </c> always look towards our grant program. always look towards our grant program.
- the state grant program, including the Northstar program, including the Northstar Promise.
- has, including the state grant Minnesota has, including the state grant program,<00:43:03.680><c> including
- </c><01:25:29.520><c> program</c> grant pro the Minnesota grants program grant pro the Minnesota grants
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/18/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- the existing program allows for loans as well as grants and provides for slightly different affordable
- that the existing program allows for loans as well as grants and provides for slightly different affordable
- that the existing program allows for loans as well as grants and provides for slightly different affordable
- On line seven, for the Manufactured Home Parks Infrastructure Grants Program, it's $2 million in the
- </c><01:10:29.880><c> program</c><01:10:30.280><c> it's</c> parts infrastructure grants program it's
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And with other grant programs that we administer, you know, the things that we often look at is first
- would you handle that as construction well we presently we would envision that being a grant program
- In the highly competitive federal transit administration bus and bus facility grant. program.
- We're here today in support of the County Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program.
- And I would like to respectfully request for that grant program to continue in the future.